Weed-puller.



G. N. WALTON.

WEED FULLER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 13, 1912.

Patlented Nov. 25, 1913.

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CHARLES Ni WALTON, OF MONROE, NEW YORK.

' WEED-FULLER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 25, 1913.

Application filed September 13, 1912. Serial No. 720,231.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES N. WALTON, av citizen of the United States, and a resident of State of New York, have invented a certain useful Improvement in Weedof which the clear, and exact specification.

his invention relates to a class of implementsv adapted to bexused by gardeners, farmers, orother persons.

Iy invention has for its object primarily to provide a form of implement, or weed puller designed to be employed for facilitatin the Work of removing weeds, or the like %om gardens, or similar places which are a well known detriment to-the growth of flowers, vegetables, and other products grown in the ground. This is accomplished mainly by employing a body portion having a pointed extension, or member adapted to be inserted into the earth adjacent to the roots of the weed, and by the use of a gripping element, or fork projecting from e body portion roots of the weed are engaged in a manner to permit the implement to be readily directed to extract the weed without disturbing the soil of the product which may be growing contiguous to the weed.

A further object of the" invention. is to provide a weed puller of a simple and efficient form, and which is susceptible of being made in various sizes for use as occasion re uires.

practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawspecification in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views, the said invention being more fully described-hereinafter, and then pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawing, Figure 1 is a detail elevation of one form of implement embodying my invention, and Fig. 2 is a fragmentary view' showing the sharpened extension and gripping element ofthe implement.

he implement, or weed puller 10'has a body portion 11 which is preferably in the form of a rod made of metal, and integrally formed upon one end of said rod is an extension, or member 12. The extension 12 is slightly cur-" d. and is gradually taonroe, county of Orange, and

following is' a full,-

and the extension 12 1s a gripping element,

b the use of the implement. The gripping element, or fork 14 has two, prongs 15 and 16 which are arranged substantially in the a V, and both of 'd prongs are so that the free ends thereof exin an opposite direction to the extension 12 and are spaced some distance from the body portion 11 of the implement.

he end of the body portion 11 sharp extension 12 is a handle 17 which may be of any suitable length, and mounted on said handle is a cross-bar 18, in order to permit the implement to be conveniently manipulated. In using the implement the pointed extension 12 and the V-shaped fork 14 are forced into the earth in a manner so that the fork will b}? guided under t e appreciable extent the soil of which may be growing weed, thus by the use of the product contiguous to the my implement the 'WOIk of efliciently weeding a garden, or

similar place may be properly done and greatly facilitated."

In the bodied the preferred form of but I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself thereto, as I am aware that modi fications may be made therein, without departing from the principle, or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention, therefore I reserve to myself the right to make such changes as fairly fall within the scope thereof.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent I Y 1. A weed puller comprising a bar, -a handle provided upon the upper end of the bar, a curved pointed lower end, and two pointed divergent prongs springing from the concave side of. the curved end, and exforegoing description, I have emtending upwardly, substantially as and for substantially as and for the purposes set 10 the purposes set forth. forth. 2. In a weed puller, arod adapted'to This specification signed and witnessed serve as a handle, a crossbar disposed upon this twelfth day of September A. D. 1912.

5 its upper end, a curved cylindrical pointed lower end adaptedfor penetrating the earth, CHARLES WALTON and two cylindrical pointed divergent up- Witnesses: wardlydisposed prongs projecting from the Roms. B. ABBOTT,

concave side of the curved end of the rod, M. DER'MODY. 

